Fish-hook.



W. E. KOCH.

FISH HOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED 0OT.24. 1908.

940,465. Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

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' A TTOHNEYS WILLIAM EDWARD KOCH, OF WHITEHALL, NET/V YORK.

FISH-HO OK.

Application filed October 24, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM EDWARD KooH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of lVhitehall, in the county of \Vashington andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fish-Hook, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to fish hooks of the gang type, such, forinstance, as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, No. 787,679, granted to me April 18, 1905.

The object of the presentinvention is to provide a new and improved fishhook, arranged to dispense with the lead weight or sinker on the mainhook, and to counterbalance the fish hook with a view to securelyholding the live bait floating in an upright natural position, and tokeep the main hook and the gang hooks in proper relation to each other.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothviews.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement; and Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective view of the main hook.

The main fish hook is provided on its shank with a triangularly-shapedplate B and the forward end of the main fish hook A is connected by aswivel C with the line D. A tongue E attached to the shank of the mainfish hook A extends with its free end close to the point of the fishhook, so as to prevent accidental disengagement of the minnow, frog orother bait hooked onto the main hook A, as indicated in Fig. 1.

On the rear end of the shank of the main fish hook A is arranged a loopF, preferably made from a piece of wire doubled up, the ends of the wirebeing fastened at F to the rear end of the shank of the main fish hookA, and the forward doubled up portion F of the wire being bent apart forthe passage of the bend of the main fish hook A, so that both ends ofthe loop are engaged with the main fish hook A, thus rendering the loopF exceedingly strong and durable. The loop F is connected by a swivel Gand Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 459,279.

ring G with the forward end of a gang hook H, provided on its shank witha needle I having a shank I fastened at 1 to the shank ll of the ganghook H, and from the ends of the shank I extend the needle points 1 andI toward each other, and with the terminals crossing each other, asplainly indicated in Fig. 1. The points I I are adapted to engage theunder side of the bait by first impaling the latter on one point, thenmoving it in the opposite direction, to engage the other point, thussecurely holding the bait in an upright natural position in conjunctionwith the main hook A, as indicated in Fig. 1.

On the rear end of the shank H of the gang hook H is secured an eye Jengaged by a clasp K held on a trail hook L, the clasp A being arrangedto permit convenient attachment or removal of the trail. hook L wheneverit is desired to use or not use the said trail hook.

By having the fish hook arranged in the manner described it is wellbalanced to properly support the bait, such as minnows, dead or alive,in a natural position, and by having the loop F arranged in the mannerdescribed it is evident that it forms with the swivel G. and the ring Ga weight or sinker for the main hook A, to aid in weighting the latterand causing it to operate similarly to the corresponding main hook,shown and described in my Letters Patent above referred to.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A fish hook, and a loop made of a piece of doubled-up wire and havingone end secured to the hook shank, said loop being bent away from thebend of the hook and thence toward the bend of the hook, and en circlingthe same at a point remote from the bill of the hook for the purpose setforth.

2. A fish hook provided with a bait retaining needle having its shanksecured to the shank of the fish hook, the shank terminating in pointsextending toward and crossing each. other.

3. A main fish hook, a loop having one end secured to the shank of saidmain fish hook and the other end encircling the bend thereof, a ganghook, a swivel connection between the said loop and the said gang hook,and a bait retaining needle on the shank of the said gang hook.

at. A main fish hook, a loop on the said main fish hook, a gang hook, aswivel con a point, said points extending toward and nection between thesaid loop and the said crossing each other.

gang hook, a bait retaining needle having In testimony whereof I havesigned my oppositely arranged points on the shank of name to thisspecification in the presence of 5 the said gang hook, an eye on thesaid gang two subscribing Witnesses.

hook, and a trail hook having a clasp en- VIIIIAM EDWVARD KOCH gagingthe said gang hook eye. J

A fish hook provided With a bait re- Vitnesses:

taining needle consisting of a body portion MARY Koon,

10 secured to the hook, and having at each end JULIA K001i.

